Radio and TV buzz fades into post holiday calm
A cautious wrap of 1954 TV growth and radio shifts notes Sarnoff predicting 20 million sets by year end, 75 million viewers, while existing set usage sits at 3.7 million. mentions CBS ABC Mutual buys and program shifts, with personalities like Roberts Drake Kintner Woods and Garroway highlighted.
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Gazette Radio Programs Air with Readers Served
The Gazette Radiolog lists Matins News featuring Jerry Smith and Chuck Worcester as free radio programming. Stations receive these items at no charge for broadcast.
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John Lund Asked To Turn Author On Hollywood Beat
Hollywood star John Lund may write a book about the columnists and reporters who cover the Hollywood beat. He doubts he will accept, noting good treatment from press men and women and preferring not to turn the spotlight on them. Lund once worked briefly for a Rochester daily. Wanda Hendrix is noted as a fishing and skeet shooting enthusiast.
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Harvey stage run at Iowa theater with James Dunn
The Mary Chase comedy Harvey will be staged at the Iowa theater in three performances next month. James Dunn, new to the lead after Broadway, stars as Elwood P Dowd with the invisible Harvey the rabbit. Mail order tickets go on sale Thursday and box office on January 23.
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Foster Evans duo embark on joint musical stage career
Susanna Foster and Wilbur Evans, already notable individually, launch a team effort on the musical stage with a revival tour of The Merry Widow after a successful tent theater season in New Jersey. They met on Naughty Marietta and wed in 1948, aiming for a lasting stage partnership. The Selwyn theater also screens Sartre’s The Respectful Prostitute. The season features Caesar and Cleopatra at the National with Cedric Hardwicke and Lilli Palmer, and Mily Williams’ The Corn Is Green opens Wednesday with Eva Legallienne and Richard Waring headlining.
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Broadway with Walter Winchell and Lost Love Lament
The column blends Winchell style verse and gossip notes from Park Row era nightlife. Readers see a lament for devotion to the newsroom over romance, hints of society figures, marital tensions, and theater gossip, including Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, and Rita Hayworth related chatter.
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Virginia Mayo Credits Horseback Riding for Figure
The actress says consistent horseback riding and outdoor activity shaped her figure. She recalls being discovered at the Diamond Horseshoe in New York and notes she has a better figure now than six years ago, crediting riding as a key factor.
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Elizabeth Taylor Denies Superstitions Owns Cat Jeepers
Actress Elizabeth Taylor says she has no superstitions and she owns a cat named Jeepers. The remarks come as fans note her cautious public image and record-breaking film career.
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Anne Jeffreys transitions from horse opera to serious opera
CHICAGO AP Anne Jeffreys a svelte singing star of the National company of Kiss Me Kate moves from earlier film work to opera. She grew up in Hollywood with a long term contract and appeared in 34 films six years, twelve westerns. Her move from horse opera to Tosca was publicized as a career shift.
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